Here are a few applications that are fun educational games. Choose an application (or add a new one) and discuss any or all of these questions:

  • What are some things I can do with this software?
  • What are some useful tools in this application?
  • What do you like about it?
  • What do you dislike about it?
  • How could this software be used in class?



GAMING TOOLS
DESCRIPTION OF TOOL
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School of Data




typing games
Practice typing with asteroids etc.



Random Activity Generator




Simutrans
Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship and air. Interconnect cities, districts, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions by buiding a transport network you always dreamed of.



Fun Brain




Egg Game
Physics training-- angles and more!



Blob
A logical thinking game where players have to ‘leap-frog’ blobs in the correct order to make them all disappear.



That Quiz
Great quiz site- mostly for math, but some language and science.



keybr
Have you ever wished that you had a way to practice typing so that you could become a more efficient and capable keyboard jockey? Typing at the “speed of thought,” perhaps? Enter Keybr.com — the flash–based typing instructor you’ve been waiting for!



Relaxing the mind




Pac Man Typing
You can learn how to type. It is useful about it because you learn to type when you playing everybody's favourite video game Pac Man. I love that you can type but have fun at the same time. I know that from experience learning to type can be boring but this is lots of fun. I would definitely recommend this for teachers who's kids are learning to type. It could be used in classes that are learning to type it would really help them to type because it lots of fun.



Rain Words
This is a game to help you with your spelling and to help you with your problem solving skills. I like how when you put many different words in many different brackets they might not always be right so you have to keep on changing. This could be used if you don't have any work to do and you can't play any violent video games than this is a safe and fun alternative.

This is a great game; you just click on which type of crossword and drag the picture into one of the blue boxes.



Sharendipity
Create a game or other fun application in just a few clicks with Sharendipity's free game creation tools! You won't have to write a single line of code and when you're done you can share your creations on Facebook, MySpace, or just about anywhere else on the web.








Tales of London
Tales of London is a really fun software. It allows you to learn about London in different time periods. You are a ghost that you can customize and travel around out of a book. It is useful because you can choose the different time you want to learn about but you can also learn about the different things like fashion sports work and much more. You also earn stickers every time you read a section in the "book".



Lure of the Labyrinth
Kids can sign up immediately and begin playing. As an adult I found it difficult, students?



Diffen
This is the ideal website for comparing & contrasting. You can compare anything to anything. The program automatically lists all of the similarities & differences. This application is ideal for English, Humanities, Math and Science projects.



Arcademic skill builders




Decide all Ready




Questionaut
I was really sad when this game ended at round 8! Try it! It's really slow on the school server though, but at home I had no problem!



Fantastic Contraption
This game is very educational and fun, the point of the game is to build a little "car" and that will be able to go throw different challenges, it is a very fun game, when you play it you can't stop. The tools on this website are Water Rods, Wood Rods, Counter Clockwise and Clockwise Wheels, Move, and Delete. Move and Delete are obvious, you can move and delete pieces of the contraption.

This is a great game. You can add and delete wheels and get the red shape into the red box. It sounds easy, but it isn't because you have a limited space to build in.








Brain Games & Brain Training




The Problem Site




Create-a-car
I don't think that this application should be in the educational games because I don't understand how this is educational. It does not really help you learn anything all this does is let you create your won car and make it look cool.



FWG bridge
It lets you create your own bridge and you test it to see if it is stable.